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San Dieguito Academy Newspaper

The Mustang

Students from each school sat at tables to collaborate and decide on which issues they wanted to address.

Suicide shakes SDUHSD. Administration hears from students.

By Taylor Rudman, Editor-in-Chief January 9, 2019

SDUHSD students expressed concern over mental health and academic stress at a student summit hosted by new Superintendent Robert A. Haley at Earl Warren Middle School on December 20. Several student representatives...

Teachers advocating for the SDFA sponsored candidates at a rally before the elections.

What does your school board care about?

By Aiden Fullwood, News Editor December 19, 2018

Newly elected SDUHSD school board officials Melisse Mossy and Kristin Gibson plan on addressing the district budget deficit by streamlining expenses. “I am looking forward to finding cost effective...

Current ASB President senior Jeremy Romero chats with new President junior Amelia Kaiser.

And the winners are…

By Cade Culbertson, Staff Writer December 19, 2018

The results for the ASB student elections came in today with junior Amelia Kaiser winning the presidency and junior Julia Fumo being elected to the office of vice president. Winners of other executive...

Junior Kalvin Grensted and student body president candidate gives his speech to SDA students with other candidates for different things stand by.

Candidates give speeches at the Nomination Convention Assembly

By Joice He, Staff Writer December 15, 2018

SDA students gathered in the gym on Friday for the annual student council and student director election assembly. At the assembly, current ASB vice president Valerie Telnack introduced each candidate and...

Bathroom etiquette was one of the bigger topics today at the forum.

Traditions, Rumors, and Bathrooms: December forum

By Aeon Benford-Combs, Staff Writer December 14, 2018

At the student forum, students complained about the lack of bathroom etiquette and talked about restoring a classic San Dieguito tradition Friday.  Senior Drew Atkins and Junior Charlotte Hou helped...

Twenty-two speech and debate students competed in a Tournament last weekend. Half of these students place- two even winning 1st place in their events.

Speech and Debate wins at Cypress College

By Devlin Ott, Online Editor December 13, 2018

Two SDA speech and debate students placed first in the Cypress Invitational Tournament at Cypress College last weekend. Twenty-two students participated in the two-day tournament which consisted of six...

This superhydrophobic art piece is done by the weight training room.

Artwork is reigning around the campus

By Taylor Lee, Staff Writer December 5, 2018

It’s rainy midday on a Thursday at San Dieguito Academy, and walking to class; you find what seems to be a depiction of Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward’s house near the PAC. These were no accidents,...

Local Pro-Skater Tony Hawk participated in the skate demo during homeroom.

Pro-Skaters make an appearance at SDA’s first Ramp Up Skate Demo

By Lila Schief, Rayelyn Burrell, and Kylie Schwartz November 9, 2018

The quad outside the math and science building was alive with energy on Friday, November 9th, as the Rollin’ From The Heart charity skate demo commenced. Crowds of students gathered around the back entrance...

LCC will be hosting a presentation about suicide prevention next week, following CCA's presentation today.

SDUHSD Promotes Suicide Awareness

By Aiden Fullwood, News Editor November 7, 2018

SDUHSD is hosting two presentations designed to improve communication between parents and children in order raise awareness for self-harm and suicide prevention. The topic of suicide was discussed at a...

The second forum of the year is filled with discussions on mental health and a continuation of the last forum, discussing disconnect between staff and students.

Mental health, communication, and bike racks at the Forum

By Cade Culbertson, Staff Writer November 2, 2018

Mental health took a front seat at the Forum today after a student death at Canyon Crest Academy. There were also several other topics brought up such as improving student-teacher communication and how...

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